Malacañang assured the public that the government is closely monitoring the Taal Volcano as Alert Level 3 has been raised on account of the dangers posed by heightened volcanic activity on Sunday, March 27. Thick smoke billows from Taal Volcano Saturday morning, March 26, 2022, as seen from San...
Footage of the phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Main Crater from onset at 7:22 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., on March 26, 2022, recorded by the Cuenca Observation Station (VTCU). The eruption produced steam-laden grayish plumes that rose 3 kilometers and was accompanied by volcanic earthquakes and infrasound....
Thousands of residents in at least five barangays in Batangas were evacuated when “short-lived” phreatomagmatic bursts occurred at Taal Volcano on Saturday morning, March 26. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) evacuate residents in Batangas after Taal Volcano's phreatomagmatic...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia's Mount Merapi unleashed a torrent of hot clouds, turning the sky a fiery red, as molten lava flowed down its slopes on Thursday with the eruption forcing over 250 people to flee their homes, authorities said. Lava flows down from the crater of Indonesia's most...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay said there are still residents affected by Taal Volcano’s eruption in 2020 who still need of assistance for them to fully recover from the disaster. “Nakakalungkot malaman na dalawang taon na ang nakalipas mula nang pumutok ang Taal...
(DSWD) Most persons displaced by the Taal eruption in January 2020 have returned to their homes but 1,057 families are still waiting for their permanent relocation, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday, Feb. 4. Based on the latest report of the DSWD Field Office in...
While 90 percent of power is back on Tonga's main island, repairing the undersea cable linking the island nation to the outside world is taking longer than expected, a UN spokesman said on Monday. On the main island of Tongatapu, 90 percent of power has been restored and efforts continue to clean...
No Filipinos have been reported killed or hurt in the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Jan. 19. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "As of 18 January, the Philippine Embassy in Wellington has received no reports of casualties or...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is now checking on the situation of close to 800 Filipinos in Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji after the eruption of an underwater volcano on Saturday, Jan. 15. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement on Sunday, Jan. 16, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in...
Typhoon relief operations have nothing to do with the upcoming elections because the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has always been present in every calamity, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, Dec. 26. BACK RIDER – Vice President Leni Robredo back rides with Dinagat Islands...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) through its Provincial Science and Technology Centre (PSTC) in Batangas continued implementing programs seeking to help the victims of the Taal Volacano eruption get back on their feet....
• When the ashfall covered her neighborhood, she thought things would get better soon, and then the pandemic came • From a volunteer assisting evacuees from towns affected by Taal Volcano’s eruption, she moved to the medical frontlines where she worked as a radiologic technologist • In...
